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[narrator] This clandestine complex
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Mysteries of the Abandoned

This clandestine complex was the baseof Operation Tracer, an audacious British missionto...

[narrator]
This clandestine complex was the base
of Operation Tracer, an audacious British mission
to be activated when Hitler
conquered Gibraltar. Operation Tracer
was the brainchild of head of Naval Intelligence,
Admiral Sir John Godfrey

Full Transcript

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[narrator] This clandestine complex
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was the base of Operation Tracer,
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an audacious British mission to be activated when Hitler conquered Gibraltar.
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Operation Tracer was the brainchild
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of head of Naval Intelligence, Admiral Sir John Godfrey.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:19
Uploaded
Jul 07, 2025
Season
9
Episode
14
Genres
documentary
Production
Mosfilm

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Movie Summary

The world's most incredible engineering projects are revisited to uncover why places full of mysteries and untold secrets are now abandoned ruins.
S09 • E06 [narrator] The tailrace was key to Rankine's promise - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
[narrator] The tailrace was key to Rankine's promise
S09 • E21 [narrator] How would America's most high-profile space mission - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[narrator] How would America's most high-profile space ...
S09 • E12 In Scotland is an abandoned 19th century psychiatric asylum, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:29
In Scotland is an abandoned 19th century psychiatric asylum,
S09 • E07 One can only imagine - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
One can only imagine
S09 • E03 Ponte, the region around it, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:35
Ponte, the region around it,
S09 • E17 [narrator] On the night of December 2, 1984, heavy metal band, Motorhead - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:21
[narrator] On the night of December 2, 1984, heavy metal ban...
S09 • E02 [narrator] The Lun was declared a huge success. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
[narrator] The Lun was declared a huge success.
S09 • E16 [narrator] In the 19th century, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:28
[narrator] In the 19th century,
S09 • E07 You've got this wonderland, that's your house, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:17
You've got this wonderland, that's your house,
S09 • E22 But it wouldn't end up being in use for very long, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
But it wouldn't end up being in use for very long,
S09 • E15 [narrator] In the Florida Everglades - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:23
[narrator] In the Florida Everglades
S09 • E09 [narrator] The unit that crossed the village's bridge that warm afternoon, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:32
[narrator] The unit that crossed the village's bridge t...
S09 • E18 [narrator] Coburn's investment seemed to work, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[narrator] Coburn's investment seemed to work,
S09 • E13 [narrator] But amid the rubble of the annihilated city, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
[narrator] But amid the rubble of the annihilated city,
S09 • E06 But it too had to be hidden from view. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
But it too had to be hidden from view.
S09 • E01 [narrator] Following a riot in 1916, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:23
[narrator] Following a riot in 1916,
S09 • E10 He completely remodeled the castle - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
He completely remodeled the castle
S09 • E04 Archeologists told Saddam - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
Archeologists told Saddam
S09 • E21 [narrator] In July 1969, the U.S. Navy carrier, the USS Hornet, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:23
[narrator] In July 1969, the U.S. Navy carrier, the USS Horn...
S09 • E14 If Gibraltar fell, the British would need information on what the enemy were doing. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
If Gibraltar fell, the British would need information on wha...